Federal Loan Caps Hit Dental Education: 8 Notes on Workforce Impact
New federal student loan caps took effect July 1, limiting borrowing to $50,000 per year for professional degree programs — well below what the average dental student borrows…
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CMS 2027 Outpatient Pay Proposal: 2.4% Increase, 340B Cuts and Site-Neutral Expansion
CMS is proposing a 2.4% increase in outpatient and ambulatory surgical center payments for 2027, alongside a cut to the 340B drug discount and a broader push toward…
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Lone Peak Dental Group Secures $15M Mezzanine Investment
Denver-based Lone Peak Dental Group has received a $15 million mezzanine debt investment from o15 Capital Partners, an alternative investment firm, to fund operational growth, practice acquisitions, and…
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The SEO-GEO gap: How AI search traffic differs from organic traffic
A contributed Search Engine Land analysis of 10 websites (about 150,000 indexed pages, GA4 data for March 2026) compared organic search sessions with referral sessions from ChatGPT, Claude,…
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Google I/O 2026: What’s next for SEO?
Google announced its biggest search shift in 25 years at I/O 2026 — an AI-powered search experience with a redesigned conversational search box, personal intelligence features, and new…
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Five Forces Shaping Dental Tech in 2026: Revere Partners’ Mid-Year View
Dental care demand is resilient—Americans spent $189 billion in 2024, tied for the highest annual total this century—but delivery margins are the tightest in years, a dynamic the…
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Health services M&A is active in 2026, but uncertainty slows volume: PwC
Healthcare M&A deal value surged in early 2026 — $18 billion in Q1 and $11 billion through May in Q2 — far outpacing H1 2025 totals, according to…
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Ascension’s $3.9B AmSurg Deal Signals New ASC Antitrust Era
Ascension completed its $3.9 billion acquisition of AmSurg on June 4, 2026, expanding its ambulatory surgery center network from 58 to more than 300 facilities across 34 states…
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How Marketing Is Becoming a Health System Growth Engine
Health system CMOs are repositioning marketing as a growth function rather than a support function, with measurable revenue results. At UW Medicine, a digital self-referral pathway for neurosurgical…
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ChartSpan-Validic Deal Signals RPM Platform Consolidation
ChartSpan has acquired Validic, combining ChartSpan’s care management services with Validic’s device-data infrastructure to create a single remote care management platform. The combined company will operate under the…